Gwanak District Recruiting 30 Participants for Second Half Community Jobs Project

Four-Month Program Starting in July
Applications Open Until May 28

Gwanak District in Seoul announced on May 17 that it is recruiting 30 participants for the "2026 Second Half Community Jobs Project" until May 28. Thirteen participants under the age of 65 and seventeen participants aged 65 or older will be selected.

Participants working at the "Visiting Knife Sharpening Repair Center," a regional community job program in the first half of the year. Provided by Gwanak-gu.

The Community Jobs Project is a public employment initiative that creates jobs utilizing local specialized resources, aiming to provide supplemental income to vulnerable groups such as low-income individuals and the long-term unemployed.

Applicants must be Gwanak residents aged 18 or older with the ability to work as of the project start date. However, those whose household income exceeds 70% of the median income, whose total household assets surpass 499 million won, or those with two members from the same household applying, will be excluded from selection.

The final participants will be assigned to six different projects for approximately four months, from July 1 to October 31. The projects include a Mobile Job-Seeking Team, Mobile Knife and Umbrella Repair Center, park environment and facility maintenance, recycling of discarded banners stored in illegal advertisement warehouses, resource recycling through collection and sorting of waste materials, and environmental monitoring of roadside green spaces in Seowon-dong.

Working hours are five days a week: five hours per day for those under 65, and three hours per day for those aged 65 and older. Participants will be provided with four major social insurances, weekly and monthly leave allowances, health checkups, as well as training on occupational safety, sexual harassment prevention, and human rights.

Applications can be submitted by checking the guidelines on the Gwanak District Office website (News & Announcements → Notices → Recruitment) and then visiting the local community center of the applicant’s address with the required documents. The district will conduct a comprehensive review of assets, income, and previous participation history, announce the final selected participants on June 26, and notify successful applicants individually.

A district official stated, "The more difficult the economic situation, the more the most vulnerable groups are affected," and added, "We will continue to discover quality public jobs to help stabilize residents' livelihoods."

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